Contemporary Nursing Practice

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Contemporary Nursing Practice

The field of nursing has changed over time. In a 750‐1,000 word paper, discuss nursing practice today by addressing the following:

  1. Explain how nursing practice has changed over time and how this evolution has changed the scope of practice and the approach to treating the individual.
  2. Compare and contrast the differentiated practice competencies between an associate and baccalaureate education in nursing. Explain how scope of practice changes between an associate and baccalaureate nurse.

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  3. Identify a patient care situation and describe how nursing care, or approaches to decision‐making, differ between the BSN‐prepared nurse and the ADN nurse.
  4. Discuss the significance of applying evidence‐based practice to nursing care and explain how the academic preparation of the RN‐BSN nurse supports its application.
  5. Discuss how nurses today communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and how this supports safer and more effective patient outcomes.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Contemporary Nursing Practice

Benchmark-Nursing Process: Approach To Care

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Benchmark-Nursing Process: Approach To Care

The nursing process is a tool that puts knowledge into practice. By utilizing this systematic problem-solving method, nurses can determine the health care needs of an individual and provide personalized care. Benchmark-Nursing Process: Approach To Care

Write a paper (1,750-2,000 words) on cancer and approach to care based on the utilization of the nursing process. Include the following in your paper:

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  1. Describe the diagnosis and staging of cancer.
  2. Describe at least three complications of cancer, the side effects of treatment, and methods to lessen physical and psychological effects.
  3. Discuss what factors contribute to the yearly incidence and mortality rates of various cancers in Americans.
  4. Explain how the American Cancer Society (ACS) might provide education and support. What ACS services would you recommend and why?
  5. Explain how the nursing process is utilized to provide safe and effective care for cancer patients across the life span. Your explanation should include each of the five phases and demonstrate the delivery of holistic and patient-focused care.
  6. Discuss how undergraduate education in liberal arts and science studies contributes to the foundation of nursing knowledge and prepares nurses to work with patients utilizing the nursing process. Consider mathematics, social and physical sciences, and science studies as an interdisciplinary research area.

You are required to cite to a minimum of four sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice. Benchmark-Nursing Process: Approach To Care

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

RN-BSN

2.1: Incorporate liberal arts and science studies into nursing knowledge.

3.1 Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the life span.

Benchmark-Nursing Process: Approach To Care

NRS-440-VN0502 Trends And Issues

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NRS-440-VN0502 Trends And Issues

The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles, traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the importance of effective interprofessional communication as a leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership in nursing practice.

Read the study materials on leadership and complete the topic quiz activities to better understand your leadership qualities. NRS-440-VN0502 Trends And Issues

Upon completion, summarize and share with your group what you learned about your specific leadership qualities, so you can become familiar with how you are similar and different from your peers when it comes to being a leader.

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As a group, review the study materials related to servant leadership. Using what you have learned about the tenets of servant leadership and traits and practices of successful leaders, create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Add an additional slide for references at the end of your presentation.

Include the following in your presentation:

  1. Each group member: Create a slide that summarizes your leadership style, traits, and practices.
  2. Compare the personal leadership styles of your group members, including commonalities between group members’ strengths and weaknesses.
  3. Explain why it is important for nursing professionals to be aware of their personal leadership style, traits, and practices.
  4. Discuss what leadership traits and styles are necessary to be an effective communicator. Explain the importance of leaders adapting communication approaches when working interprofessionally (across ancillary departments, vendors, community members).
  5. Discuss how nursing professionals can benefit from integrating the tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence others as they lead.
  6. Discuss how leaders who practice servant leadership and have a strong understanding of their personal leadership traits can successfully lead others and navigate the unique challenges that are part of nursing and health care. Provide two examples that illustrate your main ideas.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.  NRS-440-VN0502 Trends And Issues

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

NRS-440-VN0502 Trends And Issues

 

Benchmark – Capstone Project Change Proposal

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Benchmark – Capstone Project Change Proposal

In this assignment, students will pull together the capstone project change proposal components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. For this project, the student will apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue in future practice. Benchmark – Capstone Project Change Proposal

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Develop a 1,250-1,500 written project that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:

  1. Background
  2. Clinical problem statement.
  3. Purpose of the change proposal in relation to providing patient care in the changing health care system.
  4. PICOT question.
  5. Literature search strategy employed.
  6. Evaluation of the literature.
  7. Applicable change or nursing theory utilized.
  8. Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures.
  9. Discussion of how evidence-based practice was used in creating the intervention plan.
  10. Plan for evaluating the proposed nursing intervention.
  11. Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome.
  12. Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational materials, etc. are created.

Review the feedback from your instructor on the Topic 3 assignment, PICOT Question Paper, and Topic 6 assignment, Literature Review. Use this feedback to make appropriate revisions to these before submitting.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark – Capstone Project Change Proposal

Psychotherapeutic Approaches To Group Therapy For Addiction

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Psychotherapeutic Approaches To Group Therapy For Addiction

When selecting a psychotherapeutic approach for a client, you must consider the unique needs and characteristics of that particular client. The same is true when selecting a psychotherapeutic approach for groups. Not every approach is appropriate for every group, and the group’s unique needs and characteristics must be considered. For this Assignment, you examine psychotherapeutic approaches to group therapy for addiction. Psychotherapeutic Approaches To Group Therapy For Addiction

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Learning Objectives

Students will:
  • Evaluate psychotherapeutic approaches to group therapy for addiction
To prepare:
  • Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on group therapy for addiction.
  • View the media, Levy Family: Sessions 1-7, and consider the psychotherapeutic approaches being used.

The Assignment

In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:

  • Identify the psychotherapeutic approach that the group facilitator is using and explain why she might be using this approach.
  • Determine whether or not you would use the same psychotherapeutic approach if you were the counselor facilitating this group and justify your decision.
  • Identify an alternative approach to group therapy for addiction and explain why it is an appropriate option.
  • Support your position with evidence-based literature.

Psychotherapeutic Approaches To Group Therapy For Addiction

Access To Care

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Access To Care

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate access to care and how health care reform improves access to care for all populations.

Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper answering the following questions:

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  1. What is access to care?
  2. How does service availability affect access to care?
  3. How do affordability, physical accessibility (delivery), and acceptability (quality) of services affect access to care?
  4. What are some barriers to access to care?
  5. How is equity of access measured?
  6. What are two health care reform measures that have been implemented in the last 10 years to increase access to care? Describe each health care reform measure.
  7. Were these health care reform measures successful in increasing access to care? Why or why not?

Support your writing with three to five scholarly peer-reviewed resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Access To Care

Implications Of Health Economic Concepts For Health Care

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Implications Of Health Economic Concepts For Health Care

Overview

Select at least five economic concepts covered in the first four weeks’ readings, and discuss the primary manner in which these concepts impact the world of health care economics. Some examples of selected concepts are health demand and supply, elasticity, resources, health measures, and costs.

Instructions

Write a 4–6-page paper in which you:

  1. Assess the value of health care professionals and decision makers understanding the discipline of health economics.

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  2. Defend or critique the importance of considering the complex nature of health and health care when examining the economic principles related to health care delivery.
  3. Analyze the primary potential benefits of learning about health economics related to government involvement in health care economics, financing, and delivery.
  4. Analyze the main potential benefits of learning about health economics related to private sector government involvement in health care economics, financing, and delivery.
  5. Use at least five current references. Three of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives.

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Implementing A Health Information Technology (HIT)

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Implementing A Health Information Technology (HIT)

Write a paper of 5-6 pages, not including the title page and reference page, that addresses the following:

As the manager of the CTU Health Care information systems department, complete the following:

  • Discuss how you would go about implementing a health information technology (HIT) strategic plan for data security, privacy, and quality management for your organization.
  • Discuss why the steering committee is very important for the success of the HIT strategic plan, and explain who should be included on the steering committee and why. Implementing A Health Information Technology (HIT)

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  • There are seven major elements that must be included in a strategic plan for it to be successful. Discuss how you would incorporate three of the seven elements if you were to develop a plan, and discuss which departments would be included on the steering committee and why.
    • For example, if reducing medical errors is a major priority for the organization, then this goal must be reflected in the priorities for the HIT development, paying attention to medical records, clinical protocols, and clinical decision support systems (CDSS).

Elements of a strategic plan include the following:

  • Statement of corporate goals and objectives
  • Statement of HIT goals and objectives
  • Priorities for the application portfolio
  • Specifications of overall HIT architecture and infrastructure
  • Software development plan
  • HIT management and staffing
  • Statement of resource requirement

Implementing A Health Information Technology (HIT)

Chronic Diseases And Population Health Management

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Chronic Diseases And Population Health Management

Competency

Develop a population health plan to address a health concern in the current healthcare industry. (Must be related to diabetes and high blood pressure in Minnesota)

Scenario

The key to an effective and sustainable population health management program is to know your chronic disease patients and coach them. The success of population health and chronic disease management efforts hinges on a few key elements: identifying those at risk, having access to the right data about them, creating actionable insights about patients, and coaching them daily toward healthier choices. Chronic Diseases And Population Health Management

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Instructions

As your health system is drafting a strategic framework for the PHM program, you are tasked with creating a PowerPoint presentation with detailed speaker notes in each content discussion slide. Explain the relationship between disease management and population health needed in the following areas:

  • Describe the prevalent chronic diseases for the population your health system is serving.
  • Describe the risks associated with the proliferation of these chronic diseases.
  • Assess how the population will access information and resources to prevent and manage chronic diseases.
  • Construct a chronic disease communication plan that helps patients with chronic diseases to pursue healthier choices and to use population health resources.

Use your findings from prior summative assessments in modules 01, 02, 03, 04, and 05 to create the PowerPoint. Use five quality references to support your assessment and findings.

Chronic Diseases And Population Health Management

Benchmark – Nontraditional Health Care Practices

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Benchmark – Nontraditional Health Care Practices

Research different popular nontraditional health care practices. Write a 1,000-1,200 word paper exploring nontraditional health care practices and include the following:

  1. Describe nontraditional health care practices in different cultures. Compare at least three cultures.
  2. Explain how these practices affect wellness and prevention in different cultures.
  3. Identify the nontraditional health care options in your areas, and identify the number of people choosing to use them over traditional medical practices. Propose reasons why the number of people using nontraditional health care options is rising.

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Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark – Nontraditional Health Care Practices